Lam 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | How lonely sits the city That was full of people ! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations ! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer !

Lamentations 1

The Sorrows of Zion

1 How ^alonely sits the city
That was ^bfull of people!
She has become like a ^cwidow
Who was once ^dgreat among the nations!
She who was a princess among the ^{▼▼ Or districts}provinces
Has become a ^fforced laborer!
2 She ^gweeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are on her cheeks;
She has none to comfort her
Among all her ^hlovers.
All her friends have ⁱdealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
3 ^jJudah has gone into exile ^{▼▼ Or by reason of}under affliction
And ^{▼▼ Or by reason of}under ^{▼▼ Lit great}harsh servitude;
She dwells ⁿamong the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All ^oher pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of ^{▼▼ Or narrow places}distress.
4 The roads ^{▼▼ Or to}of Zion are in mourning
Because ^rno one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are ^sdesolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her ^tvirgins are afflicted,
And she herself ^{▼▼ Or suffers bitterly}is ^vbitter.
5 Her adversaries have become ^{▼▼ Lit head}her masters,
Her enemies ^{▼▼ Or are at ease}prosper;
For the Lord has ^ycaused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.
6 All her ^zmajesty
Has departed from the daughter of Zion;
Her princes have become like deer
That have found no pasture;
And they have ^{▼▼ Lit gone
,} ^abfled without strength
Before the pursuer.
7 In the days of her affliction and homelessness
^acJerusalem remembers all her precious things
That were from the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And ^adno one helped her.
The adversaries saw her,
They ^aemocked at her ^{▼▼ Lit cessation}ruin.
8 Jerusalem sinned ^aggreatly,
Therefore ^ahshe has become an unclean thing.
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Even ^aishe herself groans and turns away.
9 Her ^ajuncleanness was in her skirts;
She ^{▼▼ Lit did not remember her latter end}did not consider her ^alfuture.
Therefore she has ^{▼▼ Lit come down
,} ^anfallen astonishingly;
^aoShe has no comforter.
^ap“See, O Lord, my affliction,
For the enemy has ^aqmagnified himself!”
10 The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the ^arnations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should ^asnot enter into Your congregation.
11 All her people groan ^atseeking bread;
They have given their precious things for food
To ^aurestore their ^{▼▼ Lit soul}lives themselves.
“See, O Lord, and look,
For I am ^awdespised.”
12 “Is ^axit nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any ^{▼▼ Or sorrow}pain like my ^{▼▼ Or sorrow}pain
Which was severely dealt out to me,
Which the ^baLord inflicted on the day of His ^bbfierce anger.
13 “From on high He sent fire into my ^bcbones,
And it ^{▼▼ Or descended, overthrew}prevailed over them.
He has spread a ^benet for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me ^bfdesolate,
^{▼▼ Or Sick}Faint all day long.
14 “The ^bhyoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have ^bicome upon my neck;
He has made my strength ^{▼▼ Lit stumble}fail.
The Lord ^bkhas given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
15 “The ^blLord has rejected all my strong men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed ^{▼▼ Or feast}time against me
To crush my ^bnyoung men;
The Lord has ^botrodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.
16 “For these things I ^bpweep;
^{▼▼ Lit My eye, my eye}My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a ^brcomforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”
17 Zion ^bsstretches out her hands;
There is no one to comfort her;
The Lord has ^btcommanded concerning Jacob
That the ones round about him should be his adversaries;
^buJerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
18 “The Lord is ^bvrighteous;
For I have ^bwrebelled against His ^{▼▼ Lit mouth}command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And ^bybehold my ^{▼▼ Or sorrow}pain;
^caMy virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
19 “I ^cbcalled to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My ^ccpriests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to ^cdrestore ^{▼▼ Lit their soul}their strength themselves.
20 “See, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My ^{▼▼ Lit inward parts are in ferment
,} ^cgspirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very ^chrebellious.
In the street the sword ^{▼▼ Lit bereaves}slays;
In the house it is like death.
21 “They have heard that I ^cjgroan;
There is no one to comfort me;
All my enemies have heard of my ^{▼▼ Lit evil}calamity;
They are ^clglad that You have done it.
Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,
That they may become ^cmlike me.
22 “Let all their wickedness come before You;
And ^cndeal with them as You have dealt with me
For all my transgressions;
For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”